Microclimate Garden Design
Then do the site survey with photographs before putting the current design on paper or pc.
Microclimate garden design. The front south facing exterior walls of our house get first sun and stay warm throughout the day. I have also seen greenhouses be used in the tropics to keep moisture off crops. Private garden design introduction.
By creating microclimates around your land you can vastly improve the diversity of crops that will grow in your landscape. South facing house wall. Designing for a purpose.
Before you start what is your budget and what are the purposes for your garden. Jun 28 2020 explore barbi reynolds s board microclimate gardens followed by 465 people on pinterest. Certain plants that might not normally grow well in our ag zone due to it being too cold example.
A proper landscape design will take into account all of these features in order to ensure healthy thriving plants and well prepared gardens. In some areas this should just be considered winter as the other 10 months of having plastic above your vegetables will be tough growing conditions. Further information garden site microclimate evaluation form university of california.
Pineapple guava do fine when planted near these walls due to the additional heat. Changing the microclimate garden design pages. Microclimates for a more diversified production.
See below the design of the site and note the garden up against the southwest facing wall. Areas which require answers before answering your designing for a purpose questionnaire. It grows on the east side of the garden next to the house.